“English” – By Sanaz Toossi. Directed by Melory Mirashrafi. Presented by Speakeasy Stage, Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont Street, Boston, MA through November 19. by Michele Markarian “Why do we learn language?” Marjan, a teacher (Deniz Khateri) asks her four Iranian students, who are taking her English class to prepare for the TOEFL…
Author: Michele Markarian
Short Take: “Drumfolk” a Powerful Testimony to the Triumph of Spirit and Community
by Michele Markarian “Drumfolk”, by Step Afrika! Directed by Jakari Sherman. Stephen M. Allen, Composer. Presented by Arts Emerson, Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre, 219 Tremont Street, Boston through October 16. I wasn’t sure what to expect from “Drumfolk”, having never been to a Step Afrika! Production, other than it must have something to do with…
Short Take: Smart, Funny “Fabulation” Entertains at the Lyric
“Fabulation, or, the Re-Education of Undine” – Written by Lynn Nottage. Directed by Dawn M Simmons. Presented by The Lyric Stage Company of Boston, 140 Clarendon Street, Boston through October 9. by Michele Markarian There’s nothing yielding or hesitant about the seemingly unstoppable Undine (Lyndsay Allyn Cox), owner of a boutique public relations agency with…
Short Take: Reagle Music Theatre Delivers a Vibrant and Moving “West Side Story”
by Michele Markarian “West Side Story”. Book by Arthur Laurents. Music by Leonard Bernstein. Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Directed and Choreographed by Rachel Bertone. Music Direction by Dan Rodriguez. Presented by Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston, 617 Lexington Street, Waltham through July 16. From the opening scene of “West Side Story” – chaotic and…
